[ Cheers and applause ]
- Welcome to the 1% club, where logic beats knowledge
and only 1% of the population can answer the final question.
- Tonight, $100,000 is up for grabs
and trying to win it all are these 100 contestants.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's Second Chance night.
All these people who lost in a previous game
are back for more.
I'm Joel McHale, and it's time to play The 1% Club.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back, everybody. Welcome back.
100 contestants are gathered here today.
And if they look familiar to you,
then maybe you went to high school with them.
Also, they've been here before and lost.
But tonight they're getting a second chance to win
for the first time on our Second Chance night,
starting right this second.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Okay, second chancers, here's a free tip,
don't focus on the memory of your last spectacular failure.
Just envision a fresh one ahead.
[ Light laughter ]
Here is your 90% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
This is from an alternate universe
where Madonna is a licensed optometrist.
[ Laughter ]
♪
Alright, your time is up.
Let's see how many of you got the question right
and how many of you embarrassed yourselves.
Blue light, do your thing.
[ Beeping ]
Alright.
We lost one of you on that question,
which means we have 99 of you left.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I mean, we all know the answer.
Except for that one guy. Alright, let's see the answer.
Alright. Joshua, welcome back.
- Thank you. - What did you put?
- Well, I just saw boobies, and I thought B's
and just completely screwed up.
[ Laughter ]
- Okay. I mean, this is embarrassing,
but not as embarrassing as maybe putting, I don't know,
a Where's Waldo tattoo right above your butt crack.
- Yep. Yep. - Do you guys know his tattoo?
- Some do, some don't. - Show us!
- Can we see it one more time? - Oh, boy.
[ Cheers and applause ]
- We should be happy. We found Waldo, guys.
Joshua, thank you. - Thank you.
- I'll be talking to you all night.
And because it's a bra question,
I have to talk to the booby queen.
Roxanne has her own company.
Which does what?
- I sell nipple covers.
So when I saw this picture for a second, I was like,
"I haven't seen one in so long. What is that?"
- Speaking of nipple covers, our friend Jared is here.
- Hey, good to see you again.
- Jared, why would you need these?
- Oh, because I have some special talents of lactation.
- Jared lactates.
This might be the strangest group we've ever had.
Jared, you did answer "zebra" right away.
- I did. - In three seconds.
You can barely get milked in that time, right?
[ Laughter ]
Thank you, Jared. Alright.
To start the game, everyone has been given a $1,000 stake.
If you get a question wrong, you're out of the game
and your $1,000 goes into the prize pot, guys.
I think we know what it is.
Prize pot, what do we got?
We got $1,000 of Joshua's money.
Thank you, Josh. Hey, Joshua, you never know.
Maybe we'll do some third-chance episodes.
In the meantime, here's a question
that 8 out of every 10 Americans we polled got right.
It's the... - 80% question.
- Very good. 80% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
This is why you should always get the extended warranty
on your 80% questions.
[ Laughter ]
♪
Time, everybody.
Do you guys remember my old friend blue light?
- I hate that friend.
- Well, they're back. Blue light, do your magic.
[ Beeping ]
Nobody!
- [ Cheers and applause ] - Come on!
- We lost none of you on that question,
which means we still have 99 of you left.
Joshua, how are you doing?
Okay, let's look at the answer that you all know.
Here it is. Oh.
They showed me this earlier,
and I couldn't get it right at all.
Not even close.
So shall we see what happened to the prize pot?
I mean, I think we know.
Nothing happened.
These second-chance players are ready to play.
Alright.
7 out of every 10 Americans we polled
got this question correct.
According to me, it was the greatest moment of their lives.
Here is your 70% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
Lots of pained looks out there.
Some of you might be confused
and some of you might be passing a kidney stone.
[ Laughter ]
♪
Time, everybody.
And again, let me introduce you to my friend, blue light.
[ Beeping ]
We just lost one of you on that question again,
which means we have 98 of you left.
Statistically, 30 of you should be out right now.
So this second-chance thing is really working out.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
- Here's the answer.
- Yes!
[ Laughter ]
- Green, red, yellow are the way it goes alphabetically.
Cari, what happened?
- Yes, Joel. I know a traffic light is yellow,
but I thought orange for some reason,
so I had "O" in my brain, and it just...
I know it says yellow, y'all. I know!
I can read! Just... But...
[ Laughs ] - It does look orange.
- Thank you, brother.
Thank you. - You got it right.
- I'm just saying it just looks orange,
but I get what she was saying.
- Luders. Luders.
Would you like to change your answer?
- No, no, no.
[ Laughter ]
- Alright. Turn on his blue light.
I guess he's out of the...
- No!
[ Applause ]
[ Laughter ]
- Don't play with me.
- Alright. - Don't play with me.
- And he's back, everybody. - I'm a good sport.
- Alright.
Cari, we're going to miss you.
But as you know, you'll be here the whole show.
Alright, let's check the prize pot, shall we?
Look at that. $2,000.
Alright.
6 out of every 10 Americans we polled
got this next question correct.
Here is your 60% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
This actually happened to me and it hurt like "thit."
[ Laughter ]
♪
Time, everybody.
Okay, let's see who got it right and more interestingly,
who got it wrong.
[ Beeping ]
We only lost three of you on that question,
which means we have 95 of you left.
This is the most we have ever had at this stage
of the 1% club, this is the most.
Never, never happened. - Yeah!
- Let's see the answer.
Alright, let's talk to somebody who got it right.
Michael. - I'm right here.
- Oh, hey, Michael Zombie. Alright.
Michael K.
Michael, you play a zombie a lot of the time.
- I've played over 120 zombies, actually.
- Yeah. - Yes. Impressive.
- Do you guys want to see Michael Zombie?
Alright, Michael, come on down.
You won't believe how good this is.
It's incredible. It's...
[ Eerie music plays ]
It's really good, isn't it?
It's really good. It's terrifying.
♪
Michael! - Thank you.
- Good luck.
You're getting a standing ovation.
Look at that. Michael, thank you.
Well, this has been an intense game.
Five players have been eliminated.
We got rid of them, but kept the important part--
their money.
Which is crammed into the prize pot for...
We'll be back with more "1% Club"
and the same amount of Joel McHale right after this.
- Welcome back to "The 1% Club,"
where the only thing we love more than giving
former players a second chance to win
is how nervous we make them
by reminding them of their slim chances of success.
The prize pot is currently worth $5,000,
and 95 people are still vying to bring it home.
This has never happened before on "The 1% Club."
For any of the next 10 questions,
you can use the $1,000 we gave you to pay for a pass
and move on to the next question.
You can only do this once,
and your $1,000 will go straight into the prize pot,
so use your pass wisely.
Half of the Americans we polled got this next question correct,
but it could have been so much worse.
They could have been the other half.
Here is your 50% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
Well, I know one thing.
Every one of these shapes is on the list
of no-no's at my proctologist's office.
[ Laughter ]
I learned the hard way.
♪
Time, everybody.
Let's see who answered this correctly and who did not.
Blue light, do it.
[ Beeping ]
We lost four of you on that question,
which means we have 91 of you left
and 12 of you used your pass.
And the answer is...
"B," that shape.
Yeah, I failed this one.
Alright, let's talk to Travis.
- What's up, Joel?
- Travis, you seem surprised that I would call on you.
- Well, you didn't talk to me the first time,
so I just assumed...
- And we're not doing it again. - Alright.
- Thank you, Travis. Good luck.
Do you guys want to see the prize pot?
- Yeah. - Let's see what's happened.
$21,000. It's going up.
I mean, you guys are still breaking all of our records
for how many contestants are left.
Incredible. Are you guys ready for the 45% question?
- Yeah. - Yeah, let's go.
- Here it is.
Your time starts now.
♪
You know, at some point, all words came out of nowhere.
Think about that, guys.
♪
Time, everybody.
Let's see how many of you are out of the game
and off my holiday card list.
Light 'em up.
[ Beeping ]
Two! What is happening?
How are so many of you left in this game?
We have 89 of you left and no one used their pass.
Here's the answer.
Alright, let's talk to Celene.
- Hi. - Oh, hi, Celene.
Celene, you got that right in four seconds.
- I did? Oh. That's crazy.
[ Laughter ]
No, I'm actually very surprised.
- What would you do with the money if you won this time?
- Well, as you can see, I'm a 5-star chick,
so obviously I got to take myself out
to 5-star restaurants.
- Yeah, I'd like to go with.
- Oh, my God. Yes!
- Yeah. I'm not paying.
Celene, you're doing great so far.
- Let's keep going. Let's keep going.
- Again, we're breaking records.
Let's check the prize pot, guys.
- Whoo. - Whoo.
- $22,000.
Who wants to crack out a question
that flummoxed more than half the people we polled?
Doesn't matter, because we're asking it anyway.
Here is the 40% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
You can take the labels off your soup cans
at home for a game we call Campbell's Roulette.
Please don't be cream of mushroom.
Please, please, please, please, please.
♪
Time, everybody. Alright, here we go.
Blue light, do your thing.
Let's see what happens.
[ Beeping ]
Five! It was barely more.
We lost five of you on that question,
which means we still have 84 of you left
and seven of you--
only seven of you-- used your pass.
So for the very few that got it wrong, let's see that answer.
Well, let's talk to a person
that doesn't even need a microphone.
It's Sebastian, everybody.
- What up, Joel? Great to see you again.
I'm still happy.
- See what I mean? We cast Sebastian.
He was four football fields away,
and he was whispering to us.
So, Sebastian, with the money,
you wanted to start a food truck?
- I do. I also need therapy about Joshua's tattoo.
- It's not the first time I've heard that.
- Those of us on his episode have found Waldo
a few too many times.
I think at this point, four too many times.
[ Laughter ]
- Well, Sebastian, we're glad you're here
and we always know where you are.
Thank you.
Guys, let's check that prize pot.
It's not that big still,
because everyone's in this game practically.
$33,000.
And nice job of some of you second chancers
who have made it further
than you did in the previous go round.
You don't get any money for that, so whatever.
But I thought I'd point it out.
Are you ready for the next question?
- Yes. - Yes.
- It's our 35% question. Here we go.
Your time starts now.
♪
And I just realized our staff photographer
is still harnessed to the ceiling of that mall.
♪
That is time, everyone.
I hear a lot of murmuring.
And you know who loves murmuring?
The blue light does.
Blue light, do your thing. Here we go.
[ Beeping ]
Oh, no. Oh, no.
[ All murmuring ]
We just lost 22 of you on that question!
- Oh. - Whoo!
Which means we have 62 of you left.
And 22 of you used your pass.
Let's see the answer. Here we go.
Let's talk to somebody who got it right.
Erika. - Hi, Joel.
- Oh, hey, Erika. - Good to see you again.
- Erika, if I'm not mistaken,
you got pretty far into the game last time.
- I did, Joel.
I got to shake your hand on the floor.
- You got to the 1% question.
- On the 1% question. That's right.
Yeah. - Was this a hard question?
- I do a lot of visual spatial for work.
So if I got this wrong and I went back to work,
this would have been really embarrassing.
- Okay.
And what do you do for a living, Erika?
- I'm a support engineer in dental specialist
for a 3D printing company.
- And what was your job before that?
- I was a Hooters girl to start my career.
Yeah. - Alright.
- Supporting the customers are the same, you know, in both.
It's the same.
- Let's see if you get a second shot at the 1% question.
- I hope so. - Okay.
Well, let's see what's happened to our prize pot.
And it's going to keep going up from there
when "The 1% Club" returns right here on Fox.
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Welcome back to "The 1% Club,"
where tonight we're celebrating second chances.
Even for me.
I actually was fired last week,
but they let me come back just to stay on theme.
[ Cheers and applause ]
We started our game with 100 former contestants vying
for a shot at redemption and a huge payout,
and we are now down to 62, which is a record.
34 of you still have your passes.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So all of you can either keep going
and hope to make it to the 1% question and win up to $100,000,
or you can take a guaranteed $1,000 right now
and leave the show.
Make your decision now.
♪
Yeah. Nobody is leaving.
Of course not.
Yeah. We had to ask.
We just wanted to see. Alright.
We've got 62 contestants still in the game vying
for up to $100,000.
Is there anyone here
who was eliminated on the 30% question in your previous game?
Okay. Well, prepare to be triggered.
Here is your 30% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
Please, no standing on your head to solve this.
Our insurance won't cover that.
I'm kidding. We don't have insurance.
♪
That is time, everybody,
please place the lead apron over your groin
and prepare for the blue light.
Here it is.
[ Beeping ]
We just lost 12 of you on that question,
which means 50 of you got it right.
- Have to do the blue check.
- And seven of you used your pass.
Alright, here's the answer.
Okay, a lot of you got this right.
Alright, let's talk to Shakeer. - Right here.
- Welcome back, Shakeer. - Appreciate it.
- Shakeer, you are a member of the Divine Nine.
- I am, I'm a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
It's the oldest and the coldest. - It's cold.
- Okay, I see, I see. Yes, yes.
- Do you think they would be proud of you at this point?
- I would hope so.
- We sure are, Joel. We sure are.
- There we go. There we go. - And you're still both in it.
- It helps when I have brothers in here representing with me.
- Alright, Shakeer, congrats and good luck.
- Thank you. - Let's look at the prize pot.
It has gone up, obviously.
Here it is.
$78,000. Whoo!
Just think of how difficult it would be
to let all that cash slip through your hands
once again, everyone.
Okay, now think about
how difficult it will be to answer this.
The 25% question. Here we go.
Your time starts now.
♪
I've got enough to make one last bet
and get back on my feet.
I've got a system, you guys.
♪
Time, everybody.
Say hello to my little friend.
The blue light, everybody.
Here we go.
[ Beeping ]
We lost seven of you on that question,
which means we have 43 of you left
and five of you used your pass.
Here's the answer.
Antonio.
Antonio, you are in disbelief.
- Utter disbelief. My suspicions are confirmed.
I am. I'm kind of dumb.
I'm kind of dumb.
- You did make it further than your wife.
- Yeah. - Roxanne is Antonio's wife.
How far did you get last time? - 15%.
- You got to 15%.
And you're out on 25. I don't think you're that...
- I had a pass, Joel. I had a pass.
- Oh, you had a pass. You know what?
That is dumb. Alright. - Yeah.
- Okay, let's check the prize pot, guys.
$85,000.
That is a significant amount of money
and explains why the prize pot started wearing
a monocle and a top hat.
We'll keep the cash flowing when "The 1% Club" returns.
- Welcome back to Second Chance Night here at "The 1% Club,"
where contestants who lost in a previous episode
are welcome back with open arms
until we once again kick them to the curb.
We've got 43 people still in the game playing for redemption
and a prize pot,
which is currently a mouthwatering $85,000.
- Whoo!
- And you are all just four questions away
from the 1% question.
Second-chance players,
here's where you regret coming back on this cursed show.
This is a tough one. It is your 20% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
This is how Darcie responds
when anyone ever asks her her birth date.
She's a pain in the ass.
♪
That is time, everybody.
Let's see who answered correctly and who did not.
Oh, blue light.
[ Beeping ]
Four. - Whoo!
- We lost only four of you on that question,
which means we have 39 of you left.
And only two of you used your pass.
We have never had this many contestants left
in the game at this point.
Alright, let's see the answer.
Alright, let's talk to somebody
who got it in three seconds.
Samantha.
Samantha, last time we talked to you,
you had so many accomplishments.
Can you just list them very quickly?
- I'm a mechanical engineer.
I work in nuclear power.
I am a former national championship college
cheerleader for NC State.
Best personality in the Strawberry festival.
And I interned at NASA.
- Nice.
- I would go like, "Yeah, okay, Samantha."
But I believe her, you guys.
Samantha, how far did you get last time?
- I got to the 5% question.
- Okay, okay.
You're getting very close.
Well, after that round,
our prize pot has experienced some swelling
right around its troubled areas--
the midsection, the ankles and its jackpot,
which has now reached...
And now, second-chance players,
you are just three questions away from the 1% question,
and for many of you,
this is your first-ever chance facing the 15% question.
Here we go.
Your time starts now.
♪
And who will go home with who
at this carefully organized swingers party?
♪
Time, everybody.
Let's see who answered correctly
and, of course, who did not.
[ Beeping ]
Oh, here we go, here we go.
20 of you.
We just lost 20 of you on that question,
which means we have 19 of you left
and two of you used your pass.
- Let's go! Let's go!
- Let's see that answer.
I have no clue what's going on.
I-I still don't understand that answer.
Jared. Jared. - Hey.
- Get this.
Jared answered that question in one second.
[ Murmuring ]
- I salute thee.
- Are you feeling pretty good about yourself?
- Yeah. Drink your milk, kids. - There you go.
There you go. Thank you, Jared. Alright, let's talk to Brooke.
- Hi, Joel. - Hey, Brooke.
How far did you go last time?
- I was on the floor with you.
- So, Brooke, you are cruising towards this 1% question,
and you do a lot of rock climbing.
- Yep. - What else do you do for fun?
- So I decided that I wanted to train for a powerlifting meet.
So I trained for three months
and just did a powerlifting meet for fun.
- Yeah, just for fun.
You and Samantha need to get together for your fun times.
Okay, Brooke, good luck to you.
Alright.
You guys want to see this prize pot?
- Yeah, we do. - Alright, here we are.
Let's see this prize pot.
Alright, here we go.
$94,000.
More cash, more questions and less show
when "The 1% Club" returns.
- Welcome back to "The 1% Club."
During the break,
I was informed I cannot win tonight's prize pot.
Stupid laws. Anyway, back to the game.
The players that make it furthest in the game
will get the opportunity to take on the 1% question
and win everything in the prize pot,
which is currently at $94,000.
A lot of money.
But if anyone's going to win it,
they need to survive our last three questions.
If you still have your $1,000, you can pay for a pass,
but you cannot use it on the 1% question.
Six of you still have your pass
and you've got two questions left to use it.
Now a question so inscrutable
that I had to ask my wife to explain what inscrutable means.
Here is your 10% question.
Here we go.
Your time starts now.
♪
This is how Thomas the Tank Engine proposed to his wife.
♪
That's time, everybody.
Blue light, come on out.
[ Beeping ]
Oh!
No one went out on that question,
which means we still have 19 of you left.
I guess I still got to read the answer for the people at home.
The answer is...
Scott M., where is Scott? - Over here, Joel!
- Oh. Hey, Scott.
How are you doing, Scott?
- Joel, I feel great.
- Yeah, I would too.
How far did you make it last time?
- I made it to the 10% question,
but I'm here, and I just made it past the 10% question.
- Alright, Scott. Nicely done.
Scott is his own hype man.
And if you win the money, what are you gonna do with it, Scott?
- Well, Joel, when my wife and I got married, we were young,
broke and in love.
So if I win this money,
we're going to have the wedding beyond our dreams.
We're going to have all the bells,
all the whistles.
Her favorite artist is Jason Mraz.
So we're going to bring him out, too.
- Scott, thank you so much.
You guys want to see that prize pot?
- Yeah.
- I mean, I think you know what it is.
It's $94,000. Nobody went out on that one.
Which means we still have 19 of you left.
This is the biggest group
we have ever had for the 5% question.
And you are all one question away from having a chance
to take it all home.
Here we go. 5% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
Time, everybody. Your time is up.
Blue light, tell me who's still in the game.
Will this record-setting show continue?
[ Beeping ]
Seven of you are out, which means
we have 12 of you left. - Yes! Yes! Yes!
- And four of you used your pass.
Let's see the answer to this question.
The answer is...
- Whew. - Look at that.
Let's put the $1,000 of anyone who got that wrong
or used their pass into the prize pot,
which brings our final total to...
This is absolutely incredible.
12 contestants are still in the game,
a record for The 1% Club.
You've now earned up to $10,000,
and you've got a chance to take on the 1% question
and win the prize pot, which currently stands at $98,000.
Brooke and Lilia,
you didn't use your pass throughout the entire game,
which means that whatever happens tonight,
you're leaving here with $1,000.
So when we come back,
we'll see if any of them have what it takes to risk it all
and answer the final question correctly
and become the newest members of the 1% Club right after this.
Nicely done, guys.
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Alright. From 100 contestants down to you 12.
The fact that so many of you are still alive is unbelievable.
And because there are more than eight of you,
we can't fit you all on the stage for the 1% question.
So every one of our remaining contestants
are sitting together in our front row.
You're about to take on the final question of the game.
Get it right, and you could win up to $98,000
and become official members of the 1% Club.
But first, I want to see if I can entice any of you
to walk away right now.
You won't face the 1% question, but you will take home $10,000.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Not to rub it in,
but that's more than you made the last time you were here.
That money would be yours to keep,
and all you have to do is quit right now.
And if you choose to take the offer,
you also have to hope you're the only one leaving.
Because if anyone else decides to walk away,
you're going to be splitting that $10,000 with them.
This is tricky, but don't worry,
we're going to give you a couple of seconds to decide.
Go.
♪
Everybody's staying!
Everyone is staying.
Alright.
You were willing to forego guaranteed cash
for a chance at...
the $98,000 prize pot.
Okay, you've made it all the way to the final challenge.
Is everybody ready?
- Yep.
- This is the most finalists we've ever had.
Here is your 1% question.
Your time starts now.
♪
Time. That is time, everybody.
Right now all 12 of your answers are locked in and can't change.
So we may as well ask you what you've put.
Logan, let's start with you.
- Yeah. I ended up with "net alm."
I just started typing.
- Lilia, you got $1,000 no matter what.
What was your answer?
- I didn't answer one.
I was entering it in, forgot one letter,
started erasing it and I didn't enter.
But now I know the answer.
- Okay, Erika, you made it to the 1% question last time.
What did you put this time? - I put NA.
- Okay, Ryan, what did you put?
- Oh, I got fumbled typing it in and I typed in mantle.
- Samantha,
I know you did an internship during the answer of that
and won, like, four medals.
What did you put?
- I put mental.
- Scott M. - Joel, I put mental.
- Jared lactater. What did you put?
- Mental.
- Josh. - Mental.
- David? - Mental.
- Sebastian. - Joel, I put mental.
- Sahand. - Mental.
- And last but certainly not least,
Brooke, what did you put? - I put mental.
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Alright. We've heard everyone's answers.
Now it's time to find out
if any are going to be joining the 1% Club tonight.
For a $98,000 prize pot...
the answer is...
It better be mental.
The answer is mental!
Eight of you have won the 1% question.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for our winners.
You're walking out of here with $12,250,
and now are officially in the 1% Club.
Thanks for watching "The 1% Club."
We know you have a lot of options
when it comes to shows
where 100 contestants answer logic-based questions
of increasing difficulty, and we're glad you chose ours.
Good night, everybody. Good job, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You did it.